Does Glastonbury offer any wheat/gluten free foods?

[crushcrushcrush]

I recently found out I have a wheat intolerance. I haven't been to Glastonbury before and so was wondering if food stalls offer foods to people with intolerances. If not I'll have to pack 5 days worth of food which isn't ideal at all.

[hazey_jane]

Given the sheer choice of what's available, I'm sure you'll find something. The food stands in the green fields I imagine will be your friends.

Sorry- just done a bit more research. So there's loads of places doing curries etc so for rice and stir fries you'll be fine, there's jacket potato places everywhere, fresh fruit on sale- I'm sure you'll be fine.

Edited June 13, 2009 by hazey_jane

[Innana]

Hi, I have Coeliac Disease and have been going to Glastonbury for years, so can speak from experience!

Leon's (usually in Jazzworld field) is good for gluten-free stuff - it's also all veggie. Also in Jazzworld is La Grand Bouffe, who do French potato-based dishes and gluten-free sausages. Avoid noodle stalls (even if they have rice noodles you may get cross-contamination from soy sauce, which contains wheat). Lots of other stalls will offer gluten-free food - lots of stalls do meat/veggies and rice based meals, Manic Organic in Green Fields is for good veggie stews and salads, etc.

The difficult is likely to be getting breakfast, as you can't eat bread. I take gluten-free cereal and long-life milk with me, plus gluten-free cereal bars & biscuits for snacks.

I heard a rumour that there was a stall selling gluten-free stuff last year, but didn't manage to track it down (I work at the festival, so don't have as much time as others!).

Good luck - you will find plenty of choice!

[owen_b2]

I'm gluten intolerant. Glastonbury is actually a lot better than most of the other festivals - as others have said, theres a lot of choice, so its not just the same 5 brands of burger/chinese/jacket potatoes repeating themselves. Plenty of obscure little places tucked away

Last year there was a fantastic little stall around the Other stage selling organic Spelt pies (depends how severe your intolerance is whether you can cope with Spelt, but many people can).

By the Jazz stage i found a place that did Kedgeree for breakfast - delicious. Also, the Green fields are worth a look - people over there are generally more aware of the, errr, special needs, of some of us. I spent a day happily munching on strange balls of seeds that i wouldnt normally have gone anywhere near!

Part of the fun of Glastonbury for me is searching out all the food places. Don't get me wrong, its not easy - take a few emergency snickers bars - but its possible to eat fantastically well, and gluten free.

[LusciousLucy]

Vegetarian/Vegan Stall opposite the Cider Bus is worth a look in methinks.

La Grande Bouffe IS the best thing you will ever eat at Glasto...there are FOUR stands at least now...the biggest and best being at the corner of the Jazz Field. Tartiflette Originale is the BOMB!

[Wooderson]

Hi Bronagh -

My girlfriend is coeliac and has survived the last couple of years without falling ill.

I will ask her for more detail when she gets in this evening but here's the thread from last year:

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As Tessa has pointed out, preparation is key. My missus and I will happily assist whereever we can - hopefully some good details for you later this evening.

[gingergeorge]

Hey,

I've been going to Glasto for years and I'm a vegetarian who can't eat wheat or any cow dairy related products. Or anything with sugar, chilli or vinegar. Yes I really am that special.

I can safely say that you will have no problems. The green fields, as said by others, will be good to you.

For breakfast I usually head up there for either a veggie fry up or cornflakes with soya milk.

Dinner can be sorted by a visit to the excellent jacket potato stall by the jazz world stage, or by another trip to the green fields for some rice based stew type thing. I also found a really good stall selling soup on the way up to the green fields last year that always had one vegan/wheat free soup every day. I went there every day!! It was ace.

That said I don't have that much of an appetite at Glasto so one meal a day is usually enough for me!